Rock Climbing

• Rock climbing


  An activity in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls
• Rock climbing equipment


  • Climbing clothes
  • Rock climbing shoes
  • Climbing helmet
  • Climbing rope
  • Carabiner
  • Belay device
• Types of rock climbing

  • Mountaineering
  • Trad climbing
  • Sport climbing
  • Bouldering
• Mountaineering


  The oldest and most adventurous type of climbing
• Trad climbing


  A climber or group of climbers places all gear required to protect against falls
• Sport climbing


  Relies on permanent anchors fixed to the rock, and possibly bolts, for protection
• Bouldering


  Undertaken without a rope and normally limited to very short climbs over a crash pad so that a fall will not result in serious injury